Cairo by Chris Womersley
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Frustrated by country life and eager for adventure and excitement, seventeen-year-old Tom Button moves to the city to study. Once there, and living in a rundown apartment block called Cairo, he is befriended by the eccentric musician Max Cheever, his beautiful wife Sally, and their close-knit circle of ...Show more
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
$39.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the y ...Show more
Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Volume 3 by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
$16.99 AUD
Category: Literary
The universe isn't made of atoms; it's made of tiny stories. Praised by fans and critics alike, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories has been one of the most beloved projects to come out of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt's online creative coalition hitRECord. With Volume 3, the journey continues with a fresh selec ...Show more
The Best Australian Stories 2013 by Kim Scott
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
'A story can lure us into gaps and spaces that feel sacred in their silence.' Kim Scott In The Best Australian Stories 2013, Kim Scott assembles the most exceptional short fiction of the last year and invites readers to build 'a rare and intimate relationship' with these talented writers, one that is 'e ...Show more
Tide by John Kinsella
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian author
The coast and dreams of being by the water are never far away in Kinsella's surprising stories of Australian small town life. They summon in us both longing and fear at the recollection of our own childhoods, families, friends and upbringings. Flight is a possibility. A boy builds a rocket from 44-g ...Show more
The Best Australian Yarns by Jim Haynes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
The Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collection of factual and fanciful Aussie stories, humour and anecdotes - the result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates and other colourful characters from all parts of Australia and all walks of lif ...Show more
The Last Shaman by William Whitecloud
$21.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
THE LAST SHAMAN is a captivating ride through the jungles of war-torn Africa. Mark Vale, who represents any of us struggling to take consistent ownership of our personal power, takes an unwanted journey to find the last shaman who is responsible for ending the war and saving thousands of lives. All thro ...Show more
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From Lauren Graham, the star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and hilariously relatable debut novel and New York Times bestseller about a struggling young actress trying to get ahead, and keep it together, in New York City. It's January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months ...Show more
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Sparkling with wit and vibrancy, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about three women and the strange connection between them. It confirms Helen Oyeyemi's place as one of the most original and dynamic literary voices of her generation.
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B. J. Novak
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A boy wins $100,000 in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to follow his heart and throw it all away to be a singer-songwriter. A school principal unveils a bold plan to permanently abolish arithmet ...Show more
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
I'm the most authentic version of myself when I'm around Jack. We've known each other since we were kids, and our relationship was always one of mudpies and mocking. Then everything changed. Beautiful Kate, my best friend, disappeared on a moonlit beach after Jack dumped her for me. Jack was a suspect a ...Show more